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A business letter is a letter written in formal language, usually used when writing from one business organization to another, or for correspondence between such organizations and their customers, clients and other external parties. The overall style of letter will depend on the relationship between the parties concerned; For other uses, see Letter (disambiguation). ...

Parts of a Business Letter

Business Letters (in the United States) usually contain the following information (in this order):

• Letterhead or sender's address
• Date
• Recipient's address
• Subject
• Salutation or Greeting
• Message(body of the letter)
• Closing
• thanking you
• Place, date
• Signature, printed name, and position of sender

In some situations, a business letter may also include the following optional information:

• Reference (RE:)
• Carbon Copy Recipients (CC:)
• Enclosures (ENC:)
• Reference Initials (of the typist)
• Signature

Carbon copying, often abbreviated to c. ...

Example of a Block Style Letter

University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato

December 4, 2007


Miss Loreta T. Miraflor
1568 Pudencio Street,
Sampaloc, Manila

Dear Mr. Ryan Prongco:

This letter is typed in blocked style. Note that all lines begin at the left margin except the date, complimentary close, and signature block. They start from the center, or slightly to the right off center on the page. Some authors refer to this form as the “modified block with block paragraphs.”

This style is usually typed with mixed or standard punctuation. The salutation is followed by a colon, and the complimentary close, by a comma. This form of punctuation is widely used in most business correspondence.

To facilitate typing the date and the closing lines, set the tabular stop at the center or slightly off to the right of the paper so that you can tabulate it whenever you wish.

Remember to always leave a space between the salutation and the name. so the person who is sending this has plenty of room to sign the letter,

Very truly yours,




LEO DEL ROSARIO Consultant

rmb

BLOCKED STYLE WITH STANDARD PUNCTUATION EXERCISE No. 1 Roma Bonado

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References

External links

• Library of sample business letters and writing guide lines:

http://www.delaval.ir/business_letters/index.php

• Free sample business letters in different category :

http://sample-business-letters.com/index.php